{"id":60135,"date":"2026-03-24T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-tech-sell-off-offsets-industrial-gains-2\/60135\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:09:24","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-tech-sell-off-offsets-industrial-gains-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-tech-sell-off-offsets-industrial-gains-2\/60135\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slips as Tech Sell-off Offsets Industrial Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>84.41 (-0.18%)<\/strong> points today, closing at <strong>46,124.06<\/strong>. <strong>Dow Futures (<a href=\"\/stock\/YM=F\">YM=F<\/a>)<\/strong> also signaled cautious sentiment, falling <strong>115.00 (-0.25%)<\/strong> to <strong>46,407.00<\/strong>. The slight decline reflected a fragmented market where strength in industrial and consumer staples was undermined by a significant retreat in the technology and software sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The primary narrative driving the market on <strong>Tuesday, March 24, 2026<\/strong>, was a sharp rotation out of enterprise software and cloud computing stocks. Investors reacted to cooling growth projections within the SaaS sector, which weighed heavily on high-valuation tech giants. This shift overshadowed positive sentiment in the industrial sector, where infrastructure demand and manufacturing resilience continued to provide a floor for cyclical stocks. While broader economic data remained relatively stable, the heavy concentration of losses in software-heavy components prevented the blue-chip index from finishing in positive territory.<\/p>\n<p>The day&#39;s biggest laggard was <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which plummeted <strong>5.73%<\/strong> to close at <strong>$184.12<\/strong>, leading a broader tech decline that saw <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> drop <strong>2.79%<\/strong> to <strong>$241.45<\/strong> and <strong>Microsoft (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong> fall <strong>2.48%<\/strong> to <strong>$373.47<\/strong>. <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> also faced pressure, sliding <strong>1.19%<\/strong> to <strong>$207.66<\/strong>. Conversely, <strong>Caterpillar (<a href=\"\/stock\/CAT\">CAT<\/a>)<\/strong> emerged as the top performer, surging <strong>2.61%<\/strong> to <strong>$719.15<\/strong> on robust global machinery demand. Other notable gainers included <strong>Cisco (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, which rose <strong>2.16%<\/strong> to <strong>$80.50<\/strong>, and <strong>Nike (<a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>)<\/strong>, gaining <strong>1.69%<\/strong> to close at <strong>$53.58<\/strong>. <strong>Walmart (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>)<\/strong> and <strong>Verizon (<a href=\"\/stock\/VZ\">VZ<\/a>)<\/strong> also provided a defensive cushion, climbing <strong>1.44%<\/strong> and <strong>1.13%<\/strong> respectively, while <strong>JPMorgan Chase (<a href=\"\/stock\/JPM\">JPM<\/a>)<\/strong> added <strong>1.08%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 84.41 (-0.18%) points today, closing at 46,124.06. 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